Richard Block

Richard N. Block, PhD, is Professor in the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University. His research centers on issues related to union administration; the relationship between industrial relations law and practice; labor arbitration; government sponsored training programs; international labor standards; plant level industrial relations; and industrial relations comparisons among the United States, Canada, and the European Union. Dr. Block also focuses on the automobile assembly industry. He served as Director of the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at MSU for many years. Dr. Block also served on the Executive Board for the Labor and Employment Relations Research Association and is an arbitrator and a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators, chairing its research committee. He has written and spoken extensively on union and labor issues, including “An Introduction to the Current State of Workers’ Rights,” “Automotive and Other Manufacturing Industries in Michigan: Output, Employment, Earnings, and Collective Bargaining, 1980-2001,” “Industrial Relations in the United States and Canada,” and “The Impact of Collective Bargaining on Competitiveness and Employment.” Dr. Block received his PhD in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. (This is me - Update Profile)